Baldwin Reserve Traditional Full Dummy Knob Set with Traditional Rose

A full dummy knob has no latch and no lock mechanism, so nothing retracts and nothing needs to be bored through the door for a latch. The Baldwin Reserve Traditional dummy set mounts to the face of the door using the same 2-1/8 inch standard door preparation as an active knob, so it drops onto a door already bored for hardware and looks identical to the passage, privacy or entry knobs beside it. On a solid door with no prep, it simply screws to the surface.

No. The Reserve Traditional dummy knob is non-keyed and has no cylinder, no turn button and no latch, so it cannot be converted into a locking knob. It's decorative trim that turns nothing. For a locking opening in the same room, buy the corresponding Baldwin Reserve entry or privacy knob and use the dummy only where the door does not latch.

It's a residential product, built for house and condo interiors rather than commercial traffic. For a multifamily corridor or a commercial building where a grade matters, look at commercial cylindrical knobs like the Grade 1 Schlage D Series or the Grade 2 BEST 6K Series. Where a property manager wants Reserve's look inside a unit, on closet doors and false doors, this is the right part.

That's exactly what the Traditional Reserve dummy is for. It's built to match the look of an active passage, privacy or entry knob on the same 2-1/8 inch prep, so a false or closet door sits alongside a working door with no visual difference. Order the same rose shape and finish code on both and the run reads as one set.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional knob set is a residential product and a dummy - fixed trim with no latch. For commercial openings, the Falcon X101 is a heavy-duty Grade 1 cylindrical passage knobset with interchangeable core, fire rated, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. The Falcon W101 is a Grade 2 medium-duty passage/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset and is fire rated. For a classroom function specifically, the Dexter C2000 Series classroom cylindrical ball knob lock is Grade 2, keyed, non-clutching, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. Those carry grades and fire ratings; the Baldwin dummy is interior decorative trim.

The Schlage A170 is the nearest commercial-grade counterpart. It is a single dummy trim in the A Series, a Grade 2 cylindrical non-keyed knob lock rated heavy duty, and it fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch. The Baldwin Reserve Traditional is also a non-keyed dummy in a cylindrical knob format, but it is a residential product built around the Reserve Series trim in Traditional design. One difference matters at the door: the Schlage A170 is a single dummy, meaning trim for one face, while the Baldwin Reserve Traditional is a full dummy set. On a pair of French doors or a double closet where both faces need a knob, the full dummy is the one that covers both sides.

A dummy knob has no latch and no lock; the Baldwin Reserve Traditional matches the look of an active passage, privacy, or entry door without the function. For a real latch on an interior door, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a Global knob, non-keyed, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy-duty passage latch with an Orbit knob. On the residential side, the Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob ships with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike. All three operate the door; the Baldwin dummy is fixed trim only.

Two things get confused with a dummy set. The first is outside trim for an exit device or lock chassis: the Sargent 78-2875 outside knob only with B design and the Sargent 28C-KNOB exit device trim with knob and rose in entrance function for 1-3/4 inch doors are both knob trim, but they drive a device, not a fixed knob for a door with no hardware in it. The Imperial USA ED-BKL580 knob trim is also storeroom function trim. The second is a passage knob, such as the Bravura Albany or Bravura Lynchburg with round trim, both Grade 2 passage knobsets - those turn and retract a latch. The Baldwin Reserve Traditional is dummy function and non-keyed: the knob is fixed and fits the 2.125 inch standard door preparation without any lock or latch behind it.

A dummy will not secure a bathroom - the Baldwin Reserve Traditional has no lock or latch. Privacy function is the one that takes a push-button or turn on the inside: the Dexter C2000 Series privacy ball knob lock is Grade 2, non-keyed, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch; the Pamex FTF Baron knob lockset in privacy function is Grade 3 for the same thickness range; the Cal-Royal BER20 is a Grade 3 privacy knob lock with brass trim, also 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch; and the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas knob privacy covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Order the Baldwin dummy for the inactive leaf or a closet in the same room if you want the trim to match.

Three Traditional rose shapes, Arch (TAR), Round (TRR) and Square (TSR), each offered in all eight finishes: Polished Brass PVD (003), Satin Brass PVD (044), Polished Nickel PVD (055), Venetian Bronze (112), Satin Nickel (150), Matte Antique Nickel (152), Satin Black (190) and Polished Chrome (260). Every rose and finish pairing is orderable, so you can match a square rose to a modern casing or a round one to older millwork without giving up your finish.

Yes. Split finish and split rose are both available as write-in options when ordering. Split finish gets you, say, Satin Black facing a hallway and Polished Nickel facing a bathroom, and split rose lets you run a square rose on one face and a round one on the other. Specify what you want on each side in the text field; the base finishes to choose from are the eight the set is built in.

Yes, and it's the common use. The fixed leaf gets no latch, so a dummy knob gives it a pull that matches the active leaf. Full dummy puts a knob on both faces of that fixed leaf, which is what you want on a French pair where both rooms are finished. Choose the same Traditional rose and finish as the active leaf's knob so the pair matches.

The BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is a Grade 2 non-keyed cylindrical knob lock in medium duty, dummy function. The Bravura Biloxi with round trim is a Grade 2 dummy knobset. Both are dummy function like the Baldwin Reserve Traditional. The Baldwin brings the Traditional design of the Reserve Series and a choice of arch, round, or square rose in finishes from polished brass PVD to satin black, which is what makes it worth putting on a visible interior door; on a back-of-house closet the plainer trim does the same mechanical job.

Emtek lists dummy knobsets sold as pairs: the Arts and Crafts hammered egg knob dummy pair, the cast stainless steel octagon knob dummy pair, and the cast stainless steel round knob dummy pair. The Emtek Porcelain knobs also come two knobs per set with threaded rod. The Baldwin Reserve Traditional is a full dummy knob set, so it likewise covers both faces of an opening. The Emtek options are round, octagon, hammered egg, and porcelain knob shapes; the Baldwin is a Traditional design knob on a Traditional rose.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional dummy is non-keyed and carries no cylinder, so the keyed opening in the same run needs a separate lockset. Options across grades: the Corbin Russwin CK4851 is an entrance/office cylindrical lock with a Global knob and conventional cylinder for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Dexter C2000 Series entry/office ball knob lock is Grade 2 and keyed for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Kwikset 400P-CP Polo keyed entry knob is Grade 3 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors with a round corner adjustable latch and round corner strike. Finish is the thing to align on, since the dummy comes in eight finishes including 150 satin nickel, 260 polished chrome, and 112 venetian bronze.

The Cal-Royal BA40 is a dummy knob cylindrical lock in the Barrington BA series for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is a Grade 2 cylindrical dummy. The Baldwin Reserve Traditional is a cylindrical dummy as well and sits in the 2.125 inch standard door preparation with a 1 inch edge bore, so a door already prepped for a cylindrical knob takes it without new boring. Cal-Royal and BEST are the cylindrical dummy peers; the Omnia and Emtek dummies are surface-mounted trim rather than cylindrical.